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Acrylic-bob · 14-10-2004, 06:34

Technically speaking, and if I wanted to be really pedantic, I would have to say NO.

But since you are so close it makes very little difference I will award Willow the coconut. Though I suspect that Doug may have been getting close. It is actually at the bottom of Black Abbey Street. And separates the street from the river as it goes under the culvert. It faces the site of Abbey Grange which was founded in the 13th Century and so it qualifies as one of the oldest parts of Accrington. The thing that astonished me is how rural it looks, it could almost be anywhere in the Ribble Valley and yet it is slap-bang in the middle of town. Such a pity that all this area seems to be used for now is for parking cars.

Incidentally, in a plan for the redevelopment of Accrington, produced after the Second World War, this area was supposed to have been the Artistic and Educational hub of the Town, with a new Museum Art Gallery and Technical College. Considering that the town is now supposed to be dedicated to promoting tourism, I find it strange that there is nothing in the vicinity which gives visitors any idea of the area's historical associations.

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Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Ancient Wall ? Technically speaking, and if I wanted to be really pedantic, I would have to say NO. But since you are so close it makes very little difference I will award Willow the coconut. Though I suspect that Doug may have been getting close. It is actually at the bottom of Black Abbey Street. And separates the street from the river as it goes under the culvert. It faces the site of Abbey Grange which was founded in the 13th Century and so it qualifies as one of the oldest parts of Accrington. The thing that astonished me is how rural it looks, it could almost be anywhere in the Ribble Valley and yet it is slap-bang in the middle of town. Such a pity that all this area seems to be used for now is for parking cars. Incidentally, in a plan for the redevelopment of Accrington, produced after the Second World War, this area was supposed to have been the Artistic and Educational hub of the Town, with a new Museum Art Gallery and Technical College. Considering that the town is now supposed to be dedicated to promoting tourism, I find it strange that there is nothing in the vicinity which gives visitors any idea of the area's historical associations. __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 14-10-2004 at 06:42.